Magenta Deal Days coming next week to T-Mobile

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13 May 2012, 18:41posted on

Heading to T-Mobile to buy a phone? STOP! The carrier will be offering its Magenta Day Deals next week which includes such great devices like the Samsung Galaxy S II, my Touch, myTouch Q, HTC Amaze 4G and others...

Unless you are buying the SGS2 on the BOGO, its not worth passing up on the Value plan. The value plan saves you about 480 per line before you buy any phones, so always do the full math both ways to see which way is better for you.

Full retail they are the same price. Just do the math
for this I am going to assume 2 phones, since the BOGO offer requires 2 lines. Also, I'm going to guess on the price of the SGS2 for the bogo since there isnt a price listed.

Even with the BOGO, the value is ever so slightly cheaper. If you were not getting the most expensive phones, the value has an even better spread.. bogo or not. Say you were getting the Lumia 710 instead.. you would take off $500 worth off the Value plan's total cost, while only taking off $200 from the contract plan ($250 per phone on value vs $200 phone difference on bogo)

This is exactly what I try to get through to people on the difference between those subsidized or "free" phones and paying full retail and taking the cheaper plan.. its just about always cheaper to take the full retail device.

I actually work for Tmobile. Most customers cannot fully understand the Value plans being a better deal. In their mind, they just don't want to pay $600 for a galaxy s II. I've had people walk away, call customer service and get on a classic plan. Then, 2 weeks later they come back pissed off because they finally realized they are going to pay more. I feel that customers think we are trying to screw them over by making them pay full price for a phone spread out into monthly installments. In reality, they are only screwing themselves.

To Mashblaster, I've sold a good amount of One S in my store. To be honest with you, that phone is already having lots of issues. Phone powering off, no signal, the mic int he phone is going out, if you can wait for the GS3 then wait. I would take your One S back. If you really need a phone, exchange it for a GS2.

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